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Discussion on Javid's non-dom status while he was a UK resident. Suggestion is that he might have more of a case to answer than Sunak.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1514485481114947588.html

Javid’s media special adviser has ignored 10 WhatsApp messages (all read) & 6 calls

I would like the BBC to be saying this when the craven bastards are in hiding, instead of 'X was not available for comment'.

Lets have a think about this. Why does the UK have high levels of immigration? Is it the EU? No. Its a deliebrate policy decision, driven by the £2tn state pension deficit, ageing population and expensive long term conditions. Immigrants tend to be young. They tend to have kids. They tend to be economically productive, as their British Citizen children will be too.

Whats the alternative to immigration? Encouraging people to have more babies, which historically has been shown to be very difficult or increasing taxes and increasing retirement age.

Does Rwanda make sense? No. Its an authoritarian regime with not inconsequential levels of corruption. To process applicants there will mean job losses in the UK and a greater bill for the tax payer. Ignoring any ethical issues, of which there are several.

Will Rwanda happen? I doubt it. Feels like it won't pass the house and will face legal challenges. For the government, this just means an opportunity to call the judiciary enemies of the people again and blame it on the elites. Johnson said it himself yesterday: (it will likely be) "challenged in the courts" by "a formidable army of politically-motivated lawyers"

Whats the alternative to immigration? Encouraging people to have more babies, which historically has been shown to be very difficult

Sorting out the fucking housing market would be a start? Who's gonna have a child when people are still in flat shares at 35?

Not under the Tories though

Who's gonna have a child when people are still in flat shares at 35?

Should have tried harder to be born to rich parents, etc, etc...

Announcing it like a new centre forward. FFS

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For the government, this just means an opportunity to call the judiciary enemies of the people again and blame it on the elites. Johnson said it himself yesterday: (it will likely be) "challenged in the courts" by "a formidable army of politically-motivated lawyers"

Entirely this.

Does Rwanda make sense? No. Its an authoritarian regime with not inconsequential levels of corruption.

Except this. Because someone will be making money out of this.

The only thing better than a power grab, is a power grab where you make money hand over fist.

£112 million

Just when you think this shower of cunts can't sink any lower

It's their election strategy, the inhuman barbarity of the policy is designed to make "libs' upset, which delights awful people, which polarises the debate further, and then the awful people line up and vote Tory. Boom.

What if you're seeking asylum from Rwanda?

And can asylum seekers go straight there rather than to Britain? Could it end up being easier and cheaper for them?

I can't believe anyone outside of the government thinks this is a humane idea.

£112 million

Thats a suspiciously low figure. Australia spend $300m USD processing less than 250 people off-shore last year, according to the Australian press and the Guardian.

$1.2M per person, of which it appears the lion share will go to Isreali contractors setting up the service for Rwanda. Remind me, where was Priti having meetings which she got sacked for?

Radio 2 talking about the Rwanda thing has been a good way of finding out who the arseholes are in my workplace.

It has reminded me of the Madagascar Plan.

This must be doubly disturbing for a people desperately in need of calm and familiar surroundings. I just can't fathom the lack of empathy in that decision.

It happened in the 2nd world war also, with refugees from Poland being sent to Tanzania, Zimbabwe, India, Iran amongst other incongruous destinations - one of their cemeteries is in Marondera (then Marandellas), not far from where I grew up just outside Harare.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHBGSjE5FL8

also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpC1HJtChCo

This deserves a whole heap of protest, it just isn't right.

This deserves a whole heap of protest

Aren't they trying to take that right away as well!?

So there's now officially a bye election coming in a red wall seat after Imran Ahmed Kahn has resigned. This could put a very large cat amongst the flock of cunty pigeons that is the Tory party.

Would anyone vote Tory again after this shower of shit

Really hoping for a massive swing back to red.

Yes. Loads of them unfortunately.

This could put a very large c*nt amongst the flock of cunty pigeons that is the Tory party.

More like business as usual rather than change I suspect

Might upset some of the other red wall influx. They were very twitchy a few week ago also.

Yes, because they’ll be told it’s the only safe thing to do. And they’re often the same people who are berating the Russians for believing the blatant lies projectile-vomited out constantly by their state-controlled media.